Fastener



L. L. LOC KWOOD FASTENER Filed May 12, 1922 @3% /MSA attoumq liatented Use, l, 1924.

LEON L. LOCKWOOD, OF CENTERPORT HARBOR, NEW YORK.

FASTENER.

Application filed May 12, 1922.

7 1o ZZ lLiz/"wm t may concern.:

Be it known that LEON L. Look'woon, a citizen of the United States oi America, rcsidinfT at Centerport Harbor, in the county of Suffolk and State of New York, has invented new and useful Improvements in Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient device in the torni or" an attachment or accessory ior use in connection with automobiles and like vehicles as a means of holding a robe or blanket in protecting relation with the hood disposed for preventing the cooling ot' the engine while at rest oi' between operations thereof in cold weather, and more particularly a readily applicable means whereby the protecting blanket or robe may be held in position against displacement by the wind during the time that the vehicle is parked; and with these objects in view the invention consists in a construction and combination of parts of which a preferred embodiment is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure l is a view of a fastener embodying the invention applied in the operative position to a vehicle..

Figure 2 is a detail view of the same.

rllhe device embodying the invention is designed particularly in view of the common use of a robe or blanket to protect and conserve the heat of the motor in the hood ot an automobile during the temporary parking thereof, to prevent the displacement ot such protecting device by the wind or of its removal surreptitiously without involving a considerable amount of trouble and with the risk of attracting attention, and to this end consists of a spring coil 10 of a length adapted to extend over the hood of the ve- Serial No. 560,297.

when not in use.

rlhe hooks are of such a construction to adapt them to be engaged with any convenient portions of the framework of the vehicle beneath or at the sides of the hood under conditions maintaining the coil under a more o-r less heavy tension, so that the disengagement ot the hooks can be accomplished only by the exercise of considerable force and the engaged robe or blanket tightly clasped hood which is around the portion of the exposed to the wind and serves under the ordinary conditions to expedite the cooling oi the motor.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new and useful is A robe or blanket holding device for the hoods of motor vehicles consisting of a spring coil for disposition in spanning relation to the hood, wire strands having terminal interlocking eye engagement with the spring coil and adapted for disposition at the sides ol' the hood, and terminal hooks carried at the extremities of said strands for engagement with the elements of a vehicle frame.

ln testimony nature.

whereof he atlixes his sig- LEON L. LOCKWOOD. 

